D-Mbs Mus. MS 38

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1510

Archive Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (Munich), Germany (D-Mbs)
Shelfmark Mus. MS 38
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 465 x 325 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: MunBS 38
  • olim (Former shelfmark): H.C. 47 MaiM 59
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  • black void mensural
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Contents 50 pieces from 2 composers
General Description

Earliest layer (ff. 4'-37, 96'-142) copied by an unidentified scribe, whose hand also appears in MunBS 19, MunBS 35-6, and (probably) MunBS 37; remainder of manuscript probably copied by Ludwig Senfl. Probably copied in Vienna, for use by the imperial court chapel of Maximilian I (1459-1519). Brought to Munich by Ludwig Senfl c. 1523, when he began serving at the court chapel of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). At Munich, fascicles assembled in present order, title page added, and volume bound in present covers. Kept in Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

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Binding

Original covers of white leather over boards, stamped with ornamental designs

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Watermark

generally resemble Briquet #6884, #6890, and #6892. Related to MunBS 35-7 (see BenteNW, 73ff)

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Liminary Note

Title page on f. 1: 'En Opus Musicum festorum dierum hyemalium, … Anno a Christo nato. M.D.XXXI.'

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Ca. 1510-20 (BenteNW).

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-258, by J. J. Maier.

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Foliation

Other numberings: Original numbering of cycles, 1-13.

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Decoration

Inked calligraphic initials, some coloured

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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50 Mass Proper sections (arranged in 13 cycles)

Isaac-8, Senfl-42

258 paper folios, 465 x 325. Modern pencil foliation, 1-258, by J. J. Maier. Original numbering of cycles, 1-13. Blank folios: l'-4, 21'-24, 37'-38, 101'-102, 142'-143, 162'-167, 228'-231, 257'-258'. Original covers of white leather over boards, stamped with ornamental designs. No index. Earliest layer (ff. 4'-37, 96'-142) copied by an unidentified scribe, whose hand also appears in MunBS 19, MunBS 35-6, and (probably) MunBS 37; remainder of manuscript probably copied by Ludwig Senfl (see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe). Inked calligraphic initials, some colored. Title page on f. 1: "En Opus Musicum festorum dierum hyemalium, … Anno a Christo nato. M.D.XXXI." Watermark generally resembles Briquet #6884, #6890, and #6892. Related to MunBS 35-7 (see BenteNW, 73ff).

Ca. 1510-20 (BenteNW). Probably copied in Vienna, for use by the imperial court chapel of Maximilian I (1459-1519). Brought to Munich by Ludwig Senfl ca. 1523, when he began serving at the court chapel of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493-1550). At Munich, fascicles assembled in present order, title page added, and volume bound in present covers. Kept in Hofkapelle library until end of 18th century, then transferred to ducal court library, whose holdings formed foundation of present Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
4v–7 Rorate caeli desuper [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] Heinricus Ysak
Appears on: 4v–7
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: Heinricus Ysak
7v–10 Alleluia. Prophete sancti predicaveruntortem expediat pro nobis nuntium [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] H.Y. [=Ysaac]
Appears on: 7v–10
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: H.Y. [=Ysaac]
10v–19 Fortem expediat pro nobis nuntium [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] H.Y. [=Ysaac]
Appears on: 10v–19
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: H.Y. [=Ysaac]
19v–21 Ecce virgo concipiet [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 19v–21
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
24v–27 Dominus dixit ad me [Proprium in gallicantu] Ludovicus Sennfl
Appears on: 24v–27
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: Ludovicus Sennfl
27v–30v Alleluia. Dominus dixit [Proprium in gallicantu] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 27v–30v
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
30v–36 Grates nunc omnes reddamus Domino Deo (2p. Huic oportet ut canamus cum angelis) (5vv) [Proprium in gallicantu] Ludovicus Sennfl
Appears on: 30v–36
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Ludovicus Sennfl
36v–37 In splendoribus sanctorum [Proprium in gallicantu] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 36v–37
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
38v–43 Puer natus est nobis [Proprium in nativitate Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 38v–43
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
43v–48 Alleluia. DIes sanctificatus [Proprium in nativitate Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 43v–48
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
48v–58 Per quem fit machina caeli et terrae [Proprium in nativitate Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 48v–58
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
58v–60 Viderunt omnes [Proprium in nativitate Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 58v–60
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
60v–64 Etenim sederunt principes [Proprium de S Stephano] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 60v–64
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
64v–67 Alleluia. Video caelos [Proprium de S Stephano] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 64v–67
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
67v–78 Auctoris illius exemplo [Proprium de S Stephano] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 67v–78
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
78v–80 Video caelos apertos [Proprium de S Stephano] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 78v–80
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
80v–83 In medio ecclesiae [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 80v–83
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
83v–87 Alleluia. Hic est discipulus [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] Heinricus Ysak
Appears on: 83v–87
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: Heinricus Ysak
87v–94 Tu eius amore [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] H.Y. [=Ysaac]
Appears on: 87v–94
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: H.Y. [=Ysaac]
94v–96 Exiit sermo inter fratres [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 94v–96
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
96v–99 Ex ore infantium L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 96v–99
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
99v–101 Vox in Rama L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 99v–101
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
102v–106 Vultum tuum deprecabuntur [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] H.Y. [=Ysaac]
Appears on: 102v–106
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: H.Y. [=Ysaac]
106v–109 Alleluia. Post partum inviolata [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] h: y: [=Heinricus Yzac]
Appears on: 106v–109
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: h: y: [=Heinricus Yzac]
109v–118 Laetabundus exultet Regem regum intacte [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] H.Y. [=Ysaac]
Appears on: 109v–118
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: H.Y. [=Ysaac]
118V–121 Simile est regnum caelorum (P11) [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 118V–121
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
121v–125 Ecce advenit dominator Dominus et regnum [in festo Epiphaniae] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 121v–125
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
125v–129 Alleluia. Vidimus stellam eius in oriente [in festo Epiphaniae] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 125v–129
Genres: Alleluia, Motet
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
129v–140 Quae miris sunt modis ornata cunctisque [in festo Epiphaniae] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 129v–140
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
140v–142 Vidimus stellam eius [in festo Epiphaniae] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 140v–142
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
143v–148 Suscepimus Deus misericordiam (P37) [in festo Purificationis] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 143v–148
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
148v–161 [Concentu parili] Generosi Abrahae tu [in festo Purificationis] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 148v–161
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
167v–172 Resurrexi et adhuc L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 167v–172
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
161v–162 Responsum accepit Simeon [in festo Purificationis] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 161v–162
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
172v–175 Haec dies quam fecit Dominus L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 172v–175
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
175v–178 Alleluia. Pascha nostrum L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 175v–178
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
178v–194 Et devotis melodiis L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 178v–194
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
194v–197 Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 194v–197
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
197v–207 Victimae paschali laudes (2p. Dic nobis, 3p. Credendum est magis) (P13) L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 197v–207
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
207v–211 Introduxit vos Dominus L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 207v–211
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
211v–218 Alleluia. Angelus Domini L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 211v–218
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
218v–219 Surrexit Dominus et apparuit L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 218v–219
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
219v–223 Aqua sapientiae potavit eos L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 219v–223
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
223v–226 Alleluia. Surgens Jesus Dominus noster L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 223v–226
Genres: Alleluia
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
226v–231 Si consurrexistis L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 226v–231
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
231v–236 Viri Galilaei Vs: Omnes gentes plaudite [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 231v–236
Genres: Introit
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
236v–239 Alleluia. Ascendit Deus in jubilatione [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 236v–239
Genres: Alleluia, Motet
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
239v–244 Alleluia. Dominus in Sina in sancto [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 239v–244
Genres: Alleluia, Motet
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
244v–255 Summi triumphum regis Qui caeli qui terrae [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 244v–255
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
255v–257 Psallite Domino Qui ascendit super caelos [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] L.S. [=Senfl]
Appears on: 255v–257
Genres: Communion
Source Attribution: L.S. [=Senfl]
Composer Compositions
Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)
Senfl, Ludwig (ca. 1486–ca. 1543)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Concentu parili] Generosi Abrahae tu [in festo Purificationis] 148v–161
Alleluia. Angelus Domini 211v–218
Alleluia. Ascendit Deus in jubilatione [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] 236v–239
Alleluia. DIes sanctificatus [Proprium in nativitate Domini] 43v–48
Alleluia. Dominus dixit [Proprium in gallicantu] 27v–30v
Alleluia. Dominus in Sina in sancto [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] 239v–244
Alleluia. Hic est discipulus [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] 83v–87
Alleluia. Pascha nostrum 175v–178
Alleluia. Post partum inviolata [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] 106v–109
Alleluia. Prophete sancti predicaveruntortem expediat pro nobis nuntium [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] 7v–10
Alleluia. Surgens Jesus Dominus noster 223v–226
Alleluia. Video caelos [Proprium de S Stephano] 64v–67
Alleluia. Vidimus stellam eius in oriente [in festo Epiphaniae] 125v–129
Aqua sapientiae potavit eos 219v–223
Auctoris illius exemplo [Proprium de S Stephano] 67v–78
Dominus dixit ad me [Proprium in gallicantu] 24v–27
Ecce advenit dominator Dominus et regnum [in festo Epiphaniae] 121v–125
Ecce virgo concipiet [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] 19v–21
Et devotis melodiis 178v–194
Etenim sederunt principes [Proprium de S Stephano] 60v–64
Ex ore infantium 96v–99
Exiit sermo inter fratres [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] 94v–96
Fortem expediat pro nobis nuntium [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] 10v–19
Grates nunc omnes reddamus Domino Deo (2p. Huic oportet ut canamus cum angelis) (5vv) [Proprium in gallicantu] 30v–36
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus 172v–175
In medio ecclesiae [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] 80v–83
In splendoribus sanctorum [Proprium in gallicantu] 36v–37
Introduxit vos Dominus 207v–211
Laetabundus exultet Regem regum intacte [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] 109v–118
Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus 194v–197
Per quem fit machina caeli et terrae [Proprium in nativitate Domini] 48v–58
Psallite Domino Qui ascendit super caelos [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] 255v–257
Puer natus est nobis [Proprium in nativitate Domini] 38v–43
Quae miris sunt modis ornata cunctisque [in festo Epiphaniae] 129v–140
Responsum accepit Simeon [in festo Purificationis] 161v–162
Resurrexi et adhuc 167v–172
Rorate caeli desuper [Proprium de veneratione BVM in adventu Domini] 4v–7
Si consurrexistis 226v–231
Simile est regnum caelorum (P11) [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] 118V–121
Summi triumphum regis Qui caeli qui terrae [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] 244v–255
Surrexit Dominus et apparuit 218v–219
Suscepimus Deus misericordiam (P37) [in festo Purificationis] 143v–148
Tu eius amore [Proprium de S Joanne Evangelista] 87v–94
Victimae paschali laudes (2p. Dic nobis, 3p. Credendum est magis) (P13) 197v–207
Video caelos apertos [Proprium de S Stephano] 78v–80
Viderunt omnes [Proprium in nativitate Domini] 58v–60
Vidimus stellam eius [in festo Epiphaniae] 140v–142
Viri Galilaei Vs: Omnes gentes plaudite [Proprium de Ascensione Domini] 231v–236
Vox in Rama 99v–101
Vultum tuum deprecabuntur [Proprium in octavo Nativitate] 102v–106

denotes primary source study

Hell, Helmut. 1983. Zwei weitere Blätter zum Fragment Mus. ms. 3224 in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek aus der Dufay-Zeit. Musik in Bayern, 43-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 645. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Gerstenberg, Walter. 1974. Das Alleluja in Senfls Propriumskompositionen. Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Music in Honor of Arthur Mendel, 25-30. Kassel, Basel, Tours, London. Pages: 25ff. Notes: mention of MS.

Bente, Martin. 1968. Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls.  Wiesbaden. Pages: 25ff, 33ff, 73-145, 227, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Gottwald, Clytus. 1968. Die Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München. Die Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München.  Wiesbaden. Pages: 79, 106. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Pätzig, Gerhard-Rudolf. 1964. Das Chorbuch Mus. ms. 40024 der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin: Eine wichtige Quelle zum Schaffen Isaacs aus der Hand Leonhard Pämingers. Festschrift Walter Gerstenberg zum 60. Geburtstag, 122-42. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Pätzig, Gerhard-Rudolf. 1956. Liturgische Grundlagen und handschriftliche Überlieferung von Heinrich Isaacs "Choralis Constantinus". Eberhard-Karls-Universität (Tübingen), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 77ff, passim; II, 133ff, 204-6. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1955. Die Chorbücher der Stadtkirche zu Pirna. Acta Musicologica, 121-137. Pages: 133-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: XII, 501-2. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke.  Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: VIII, x, 8, 13-9, 23-123, 125-7. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial).

Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde.  Leipzig. Pages: I, 455. Notes: mention of MS.

Maier, Jul Jos. 1879. Die Musikalischen Handschriften der K. Hof-und Staatsbibliothek in Muenchen.  Munich. Pages: 32-4. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).

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